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reminds me of the beginning of e-commerce with all kinds of shady websites before amazon, paypal and now stripe came. gumtree is probably the one who is going
by localhostdotdev 7y ago
reminds me of the beginning of e-commerce with all kinds of shady websites before amazon, paypal and now stripe came.
gumtree is probably the one who is going to have to reimburse all those people.
- michaelmrose 7y agoClassified ad providers accept no liability for what people post on their site. Example if I post a car for sale its up to you to ensure the car exists, have it checked out by a mechanic etc. The due diligence required to actually verify the buyer/seller would be expensive and would require them to take a cut of the proceedes to fund it. You can't have the price of Craigslist and the customer experience of Ebay. Plenty of people would rather do the due diligence themselves and not pay an intermediary.